specifies the table that you are deleting rows from. table-name can be a one-level name, a two-level libref.table name, or a
physical pathname that is enclosed
in single quotation marks.

CAUTION:

Recursive table references can cause data integrity problems.

While it is possible to recursively
reference the target table of a
DELETE statement, doing so can cause data integrity problems and incorrect
results. Constructions such as the following should be avoided: